Well, January has not been a great month for riding. Work has been busy, Steen has been healing, and the weather has been uninviting. So the horses have been getting some time off. Beyond making sure Steen’s leg wasn’t getting any worse (mostly thanks to Brian looking in on it for me), I’ve not had… Read more »
cut leg
Stall Time
We swung by the barn on our way out of town on Sunday to take Jesse and Susie back to Chicago. I checked on Steen’s leg. The cut looked about the same. The swelling was no worse. So I put more neosporin and wound powder on and felt pretty unconcerned about it. But then we… Read more »
Family Fun
The new year has started off pretty busy and trips to the barn have been a bit scarce. Last week we had some visitors: My brother Jesse and his wife Susie came to Iowa via England from Hawaii, on their way back to Arizona (don’t ask.) And remarkably all my dire warnings to them to… Read more »
A Step in the Right Direction
We got to the barn early again today, and although it didn’t cool off much in the night and it was pretty humid, there was a nice breeze that kept things from feeling too bad. I did some groundwork with Steen before mounting. I’ve been starting to teach him to side-pass from the ground, and… Read more »
Productive but Annoying
Brian and I made an effort to get to the barn early this morning, since so often on the weekend we end up letting our morning slip away and then having to ride in the heat of the afternoon. We made it to the barn before 9:00, grabbed our boys from the pasture, and started… Read more »
The Perfect Patient
The storm that was blowing in on Tuesday night stuck around and dropped nearly two feet of snow on us. Cathi advised us that there was no getting to the barn, certainly not for someone without 4-wheel drive. And that worked out because there was also no getting a car out of our garage. Brian… Read more »
Bandaged Bear
Brian and I dashed out to the barn this afternoon to check on Bear as a ‘blizzard’ rolled into town. We found him munching on the bale, his coat fluffed out and poofy. We brought Bear inside (and left Steen outside, AGAIN, much to a certain paint’s chagrin) and checked the leg. No visible swelling… Read more »
Rite of Passage?
This morning Brian and I were finishing our coffee when my cell phone rang. The caller ID told me it was Cathi, who owns our barn. My heart gave a flutter as I answered. Cathi is at least sensitive to the fact that most of her boarders have a reaction like mine when she calls… Read more »
Let’s Not Forget the Star of This Blog
Today I went to the barn to pay some attention to MY horse. We’ve been so wrapped up with shopping and test-riding for Brian, Steen has been a tad overlooked the last week or two. Steen is actually developing a belly. Woohoo! First I went out and checked on the cut on Sham’s knee. There… Read more »
Two Good Rides
Now that Steen is at least healed to the point that I can do consistent light rides, I’m trying to decide what my goals for fall are. The barn is still not done. The welder had to wait for the cement guy and the cement guy had to wait for the carpenter guy and the… Read more »